(02/08/2010 06:20 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  I took out all the bases in the 20 minute Zerg defend mission (the one close to the start, where you can only build marines and medics).  I think one of the achievements required it, and that was before I figured out that the achievements didn't work on the crack.  It was like crazy hard taking out all the bases and defending at the same time, within the given time limit (playing on hard.  Normal would probably be easy).

On the first 20 minute defend one, there was no achievement for taking out all the bases, but there is an easter egg in that one; a tauren outhouse that launches if you keep clicking it. On that one, however, I only tried to take out the zerg bases on normal, because the hard achievement was to not lose or salvage any buildings, and I was spending all my time trying to keep all my bunkers and depots alive.

Now, there are some crazy hard ones to break through on, like "The Dig", where you are supposed to stay on the defense the entire game, but there's an achievement for killing 50 protoss buildings. That was likely one of the most difficult achievements in the game for me.

(02/08/2010 06:20 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  Can probably easily rape all the bases with the laser if you really feel like it.

Just float some building somewhere near their base to give you sight, and use the laser to snipe everything in the base.

If you don't know already (you 97% likely do know), you can hold shift while issuing commands to queue them, so pretty much... hold shift, right click, right click, right click... their whole base.

That's basically what I had to do. I expanded asap, then started massing barracks and floating them into the enemy bases. The only problem is that the laser needs a couple seconds to power up, (unlike the void ray, who can use his powered up laser to switch between targets) and so you can usually only get 2-4 kills before your building dies. And you may need to keep the laser shooting enemies so it doesn't destroy the wall too early (otherwise you won't get the 50 structure kills). Going for the achievement in a "legit" many was quite frustrating.

(02/08/2010 06:20 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  

(02/08/2010 04:09 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  Now I have to decide, Raven or Science Vessel.  I think I'll go with the former...

I went with the Raven, the sole reason being that it's new (used the science vessel before is SC1).

The vessel heals probably around the same as a medivac, maybe a bit faster. However, it is only really useful on levels with multiple platforms. On such levels, I'd often have an all air force, making 4 or so vessels quite useful. For most other levels, I had a handful of scvs following around my ground mechanical units, and BCs in some cases. The only problem occurred when something like immortals or other ground-to-ground units encountered my army, and the BCs ignored them, thus getting my scvs killed. The maneuverability of the vessel, along with its detection and healing was why I went with it. Raven's missile and auto turrets are cool and all, but I only really find them useful in multiplayer. The point defense drone can find some use in campaign, but I just found the vessel to appeal to my playstyle more than the raven.